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John Reese is Senior Vice President of Governmental Affairs for US Power Generating Company.US Power Generating Company is the owner operator of three major electric generating facilities in New York City with a combined capacity of approximately 2,200MW representing 21% of New York City's existing generating capacity.
Since 2007, Mr. Reese has been responsible for ongoing communications with city, state and federal officials and energy policy-making bodies on wholesale electric markets, and environmental and electric regulatory legislative issues.
Mr. Reese provides key policy and strategic guidance to US Power Generating Company, and serves as liaison to stakeholder and market organizations including the NY Independent System Operator, PJM and ISO New England among others.

Prior to joining US Power Generating Company, Mr. Reese served as both Executive Deputy of the New York State Public Service Commission (2006-2007) and as a Senior Policy Advisor at the Commission from 2003-2006.As Vice President of Governmental Affairs for Reliant/Orion Power Holdings, John represented the New York City assets now held by US Power Generating Company.Previously, Mr. Reese served as the Deputy Director of the Independent Power Producers of New York, Sr. Technical Advisor to the US Department of Energy, and Director of Development and Evaluation in the New York State Energy Office.He served on the New York Governor's Task Force for Greenhouse Gas Emissions, the Executive Committee and Board of Directors of the Independent Power Producers of New York and Electric Power Generation Association of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Reese received his MBA from Russell Sage College and his BA from Pennsylvania State University.

Appointment Reinforces Company's Focus on Demand Response Solutions for the New York and New England Regions

John P. Reese

Kennett Square, PA - March 26, 2007 - Enerwise Global Technologies, a market leader in smart grid, demand response, clean energy and energy infrastructure management services with over 1700 megawatts of demand response and renewable energy capacity in the commercial, institutional and industrial markets, today announced the appointment of John P. Reese to its Board of Directors.Mr. Reese brings experience advising organizations in both the public and private sectors on matters of energy policy, wholesale electric markets, energy efficiency and renewable resources.
Mr. Reese's expertise will be especially relevant as Enerwise sharpens its focus on demand response solutions for the New York and New England markets.

John Reese currently serves as vice president of government affairs for US Power Generating Company, LLC, where he is responsible for ongoing communications with city, state and federal officials and energy policy-making bodies on wholesale electric markets and electric regulatory policy issues.In this role, Mr. Reese provides key policy and strategic guidance to the company, and serves as a liaison to stakeholder and market organizations including the New York ISO, PJM and ISO New England.Prior to joining the company, Mr. Reese served as senior advisor to the New York Public Service Commission, where he advised the Chairman on electric and natural gas issues and as vice president of government affairs for Reliant/Orion Power Holdings, where he directed wholesale market, regulatory and government affairs.Earlier in his career, Mr. Reese served as deputy director of the Independent Power Producers of New York, senior technical advisor to the US Department of Energy and director of development and evaluation for the New York State Energy Office.

"John has long been a respected voice on matters relating to wholesale markets, renewable energy and legislative issues at the federal, state and local levels," said Dean Musser, president and CEO of Enerwise.

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"With their innovative solutions and strong management team, Enerwise has proven itself to be a leader in demand response and renewable energy products and services," said John Reese.

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Orion Power Announces Appointment of John Reese As Vice President of Government Relations

BALTIMORE , June 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Orion Power Holdings , Inc. ( NYSE : ORN - news ) , an independent electric power generating company , announced today the promotion of John Reese to Vice President of Government Relations.

Since joining Orion Power in 2000 , Mr. Reese has served as Director of Government Relations for New York , working on regulatory , legislative and wholesale market issues.Recently , he was named as a member of the climate change task force established by the Governor Pataki.Mr. Reese has 20 years of experience working on energy and utility policy and regulatory issues in the public and private sectors.

``We are very excited to have John Reese assume responsibility for Orion Power's governmental affairs.Orion Power is committed to aiding the efforts of legislators and regulators to continue the process of deregulation and to assure the formation and development of a competitive marketplace.We are confident that John will enable Orion Power to fulfill that commitment , '' said Jack Fusco , President and CEO of Orion Power.

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Prior to joining Orion Power , Mr. Reese was Deputy Director of the Independent Power Producers of New York , a trade association representing the owners of electric generating facilities.In that position , he helped to formulate and advocate the independent generation sector's views on deregulation , utility divestiture and the structure of the competitive wholesale market for electricity.Previously , Mr. Reese had served as a Senior Technical Advisor to the U.S. Department of Energy.He received his undergraduate degree from Pennsylvania State University and has a Masters in Business Administration from Russell Sage College.

Orion Power Holdings , Inc. ( NYSE : ORN - news ) , headquartered in Baltimore , MD , is a fast-growing independent electric power generating company formed in March 1998 to acquire , develop , own and operate power-generating facilities in the newly deregulated wholesale markets throughout North America.Since its inception , Orion Power Holdings has invested over $4 billion in 81 power plants currently in operation with a total capacity of 5 , 926 megawatts and an additional 5 , 000 megawatts in construction and various stages of development.For more information about Orion Power , visit its website at http : //www.orionpower.com/.

John Reese has been a Senior Vice President since February 2007.Prior to joining US Power Generating Company, Mr. Reese worked at the New York State Public Service Commission as Executive Deputy from 2006 until 2007 and as Senior Policy Advisor from 2003 until 2006.Prior to that Mr. Reese served as Vice President of Regulatory and Governmental Affairs for Reliant/Orion Power Holdings from 2000 until 2003.Mr. Reese was a senior technical advisor for the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy from 1994 until 1998.Mr. Reese has a BA from Pennsylvania State University and an MBA from Russell Sage College.